Dilip Barman is President of the Triangle
Vegetarian Society (TVS), based in North Carolina (USA), a Vegetarian
Union of North America (VUNA) councilor, a speaker with S.P.E.A.K. (Supporting
and Promoting Ethics for the Animal Kingdom), and a software engineer
with IBM.

He has been a vegetarian advocate
for many years and has appeared on local and national television on topics
such as trends in vegetarianism, vegan Thanksgiving, and the dangers of
irradiated foods. In addition to his organisation's newsletter, he has
published cookery articles in a number of books and newspapers.